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ITClufidSIap'EwI?ba■ - . Siback. to. TbnkWa. Then to ,P£tden,duslifng wlicir^ we. stayed until 1620.' i'-”^ . 1^-T-.tT ,Jii «a»iWe; landed In Pampa in 1920.Qiic wr a tottristctfmp stalk -fthd billy $12.50 per Week; bp that did not worryus Wmdft fdr we.Were used'vto payihgr high raih.Ihftyb wdteh.ed Ppftpa. ^oW -jfrpm 1,000. to- Its .present jpop btation, 4 Y«ni can seethat the Wbm bap been dp .ham*- I am a homc-liwint person—wncthcr the htrnifc, be; an mi: country sfliack or .a^hom^.in- the city. It is just home Mc^t;,hotti(j to me*-i have lived In Tkritpa longer than any other1 plaice in my lifts. t.-I'-.like. tfte free ..way, the..people of tjjip .^estem.;state live.- ■ I like the climate .here,.;especially the. cool; nights', but #hafc i dislike ..jxjost-.is the dust; storms., i. hope some ..dpy, that X pan: return to my native state' arid. fhilsfii■.lip wheiv I started. 1 have .enjoyed my. travels and. the ekdting, ekpeHenops I have .had In the .oil- hodjn; toWiis, The, oil . people arp a. good buheh, ftiidl feel that they are my. people. ;.They. al e .all..good speridcrs. We have made plenty of money, but we have spent it. Just like -the.rest. '•'-• ■. ■ . ' •;...We are still-,making a living, but times are mtich harder now. .than X have • ever Seen them,,,.If we; keep eveh. these days’we think we are doing well. After ali- * money,: isn't every tiling. ..Health - and .happiness fite far gveated .in.my .estimation. For ft ' irtV'what..you, have,, it ,is What you are;- After all I think wc make our. own - lives Just what they aie.; v f ,liave found ,,the.; world at large fifjbod pipce. in which-to Jive.. To-fny. friends of the-oil fields everywhere—liu the. Panhandle, and the Top O’ Tckas~I. leftV-3 you with . Wifk thbught in mind:'may you live i long , ail'd prosper. . .. 1. I want to especially thank you.for i your .fine tribute to the oil people, jIII
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Pampa News

Pampa, Texas, US

Thu, Jun 22, 1939

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